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Havana Weather for January 11-17

The days will continue to be relatively cool, with some isolated showers during the day. The maximum temperatures will be between 21 and 27° C (70 and 81 F) while the lows will be between 16 and 19° C (61 and 66 F).

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Uruguay Receives Wave of Cubans

A total of 4,577 Cuban citizens entered Uruguay in 2017, the majority between October and December. Channel 10 of Uruguayan television reported that some 200 Cubans decided to settle in the small rural town of Santa Rosa, in the department of Canelones, near Montevideo.

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Ecuador Has a New Female VP

The socialist María Alejandra Vicuña was elected today by the National Assembly as the new constitutional vice president of Ecuador to replace the imprisoned Jorge Glas, convicted of corruption.

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Cubans Called to Vote for Legislators on March 11th

In just 15 days Cubans will know if president Raul Castro, 86, will be on the ballot for elections to the National Assembly of Popular Power or will in effect retire from power, at least from the one that emanates from the State Council. He may remain as the top figure of the Communist Party, the real source of power and decision making.

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EU Advocates Building Bridges with Cuba

Amidst new tensions in US-Cuban relations, yesterday, the EU’s Foreign Policy chief, Federica Mogherini, advocated for “building bridges and opening doors” between the island and the European bloc via dialogue and cooperation efforts to put the first bilateral agreement, which came into force last November, into practice.

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Baltimore Students Left Freezing in Unheated Classrooms

As a severe cold snap hits the East Coast of the United States, in Baltimore Maryland, parents, teachers and students are protesting frigid conditions at public schools, with schoolchildren left shivering in classrooms and temperatures barely rising above freezing, reports Democracy Now.

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